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I just got an e-mail from the folks at Weird N.J. about the recent Asbury Park Implosion. It took 91 pounds of explosives spread out in 130 key locations in the 8,000 ton 10 story steel skeleton, but this ghostly reminder of the city's failed redevelopment attempts was finally gone.

Most of us think of The Sopranos or Bruce Springsteen when Asbury Park is mentioned, but in it's day it was once a major resort destination before it began its' decline into seediness.

Luckily, the city seems to be on the rebound, and the removal of this giant abandoned mistake marks the final chapter of a stage of the city's history that I'm sure everyone will be glad to forget. But for just one more look, the Weird NJ Essay Greetings From Abandoned Asbury Park gives us an excellent look back.